[Winona Online Democracy] 44th Street is a poor detour route for any project as trucks are restricted on that street. For our project on CSAH 32 this summer, we are detouring through traffic via TH 61 and Pelzer. Our project does not have the severe surface disruption as a reconstruction project and local traffic can be accomodated. We detour through traffic so that the construction can be completed in a timely manor. I'm not sure what the City plans for a detour for the Pelzer street project in 2005 but Pelzer will be virtually closed to through traffic. I would suspect that 44th street would not play a major roll in traffic detour as other access points between 44th and the river port area would be disrupted. The County is participating on the Pelzer street project to the extent that congestion on CSAH 32 is alleviated through the addition of dedicated turn lanes and coordinated signal systems.
-----Original Message----- From: Dwayne Voegeli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 8:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Winona] Pelzer Street detours Bob Sebo mentioned 44th Ave in Goodview. That street has many houses on it, a major playground, and baseball park. I used to live on that street. It's already too busy, that's one of the main reasons we moved off of it. Speaking of Goodview, someone also mentioned redirecting traffic that way during the Pelzer street work. I was at a Goodview City Council meeting last month and the County Highway Engineer presented a plan to do major construction work on 5th St.(Winona)--6th St.(Goodview). I'll send a copy of this to the County Highway Engineer to confirm that. How might that work contribute to traffic flows in the Pelzer and 5th Street bottleneck? Another major road problem I've recieved a lot of phone calls and e-mails on over the last year... Have any of you driven on Gilmore Valley Road (a.k.a. County Highway 21) over the last two weeks? It looked like it was bombed. Potholes were filled on Thursday but how long will they last? Semi trucks also use that road as an alternative route to the port. They are tearing up an already torn up road. And talk about a hot potato to fix. Everything around it has been annexed by the City of Winona but it's still a County highway. Who is going to pay to fix it? I'm worried that the "no new (State) taxes" pledge is hurting us here. Lastly, throw in the possible future DM&E addititional traffic and an interesting picture emerges. Has anyone looked at the big picture and what it will look like when we are all done? Is this progress? Does it make the central city more or less livable? Dwayne Voegeli ======================= >From: "Bob Sebo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Online Democracy (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [Winona] Pelzer Street detours >Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 15:19:21 -0600 > >[Winona Online Democracy] > >I do hope that the Mankato Avenue/Second Street option would be seriously >considered for that short summer '06 detour...the whole route is already a >truck route. > >Dick's point about 44th Avenue is an excellent one. Winona/Goodview >consolidation is so obviously needed, yet so obviously far from hand. Have >you all read all the docs produced by the last consolidation effort in the >90's? Goodview remains, to some, a psychological refuge from the problems >of the city...but those problems know no borders, and Goodview residents >will have no say in their solution until they become city of Winona >voters...but that's enough of that for now :-) > >Bob Sebo >Winona > ------------ Dwayne Voegeli Winona County Commissioner, District #2 (507) 453-9012 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 359 Pleasant Hill Dr. Winona, MN 55987 ------------ _______________________________________________ This message was posted to Winona Online Democracy All messages must be signed by the senders actual name. No commercial solicitations are allowed on this list. To manage your subscription or view the message archives, please visit http://mapnp.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/winona Any problems or suggestions can be directed to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you want help on how to contact elected officials, go to the Contact page at http://www.winonaonlinedemocracy.org
